There has been a lot of debate about used games lately along with rumours that the next gen Xbox wont play them, its easy to get the impression that publishers hate used games almost as much as piracy.
If publishers did find a way of nuking the used game market it could have all kinds of knock on effects. The most obvious one to me is they would reduce sales of brand new games if the used game market was killed off.
How many people go and buy a brand new game for full price because they know that they could trade it in when they finish it or if the game is rubbish? Games can be very expensive, a new AAA release can cost £40 or more. The cost of a single game would pay most gas and electric bills for two weeks. I would bet a lot of people who buy new games in the first place only do it because they know they can trade them in.
Getting at least half of the money back in cash or saving money on the next game you buy takes the sting out of it, if that was taken away people might not buy game so often in the first place. I added a poll to see how many people only buy a game at all because they know they can trade it in.
If publishers did find a way of nuking the used game market it could have all kinds of knock on effects. The most obvious one to me is they would reduce sales of brand new games if the used game market was killed off.
How many people go and buy a brand new game for full price because they know that they could trade it in when they finish it or if the game is rubbish? Games can be very expensive, a new AAA release can cost £40 or more. The cost of a single game would pay most gas and electric bills for two weeks. I would bet a lot of people who buy new games in the first place only do it because they know they can trade them in.
Getting at least half of the money back in cash or saving money on the next game you buy takes the sting out of it, if that was taken away people might not buy game so often in the first place. I added a poll to see how many people only buy a game at all because they know they can trade it in.